Colette

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Colette: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Colette: Recorded every year since 1964, its highest recorded position is #47, and it stood at #1,672 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
70times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#47highest recorded position
17groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Colette's record

Ranked every year since 1964, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#479
1997	#645
1998	#552
1999	#721
2000	#876
2001	#962
2002	#1032
2003	#1552
2004	#1252
2005	#1690
2006	#1325
2007	#2085
2008	#2721
2009	#2535
2010	#1389
2011	#2636
2012	#1991
2013	#2887
2014	#3160
2015	#1865
2016	#2367
2017	#1817
2018	#2187
2019	#1218
2020	#1618
2021	#1505
2022	#1282
2023	#1863
2024	#1672

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 41 of the 55 years from 1964 to 2018.

In 2018: #896 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2187 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1964–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #47 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1964–2018
Highest recorded position: #47 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1964 (recorded 1964–2018).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1672 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Colette appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 41 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 2,665 births with the name.

Colette across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Colette's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#47 (1964)	#47 (1964)	#896 (2018)	41 of 55	2,665 (1964–2018)	157 (1969)
England and Wales · Girls	#479 (1996)	#479 (1996)	#1672 (2024)	29 of 29	573 (1996–2024)	58 (1996)

Colette by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Colette in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960sbusiest	824	6 of 10	137
1970s	1,200	10 of 10	120
1980s	512	10 of 10	51
1990s	112	10 of 10	11
2000s	14	4 of 10	4
2010s	3	1 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1960s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 137 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Colette appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #47 in Republic of Ireland in 1964.

Colette's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1672	18	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1863	15	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1282	25	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1505	20	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1618	18	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1218	27	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2187	12	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1817	16	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2367	11	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1865	15	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2887	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1991	14	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2636	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1389	22	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2535	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2721	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2085	11	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1325	19	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1690	13	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1252	18	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1552	13	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1032	21	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#962	22	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#876	25	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#721	32	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#552	49	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#645	38	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#479	58	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#665	5	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#842	3	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#689	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#677	3	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#355	6	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#380	5	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#326	9	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#295	10	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#310	9	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#282	11	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#275	12	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#262	14	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#224	17	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#208	19	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#171	28	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#157	32	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#160	33	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#136	43	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#135	44	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#135	48	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#147	46	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#118	68	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#105	74	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#92	96	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#98	82	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#90	87	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#75	114	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#66	137	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#65	140	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#68	134	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#73	128	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#76	118	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#69	131	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#64	129	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#55	157	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#55	142	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#61	115	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#52	131	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#48	144	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#47	135	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1964 and 2024, ranked in 61 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #47, first reached in 1964.

It held a top-100 place in 17 years, 17 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 157 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1969.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 32 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Coleman · #164, 24y
Colin · #22, 77y
Colleen · #41, 64y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Kirsti · #43, 63y
Ylva · #43, 58y
Jesper · #53, 63y
Lisbeth · #37, 64y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Alva · #47, 47y
Eugene · #47, 61y
Justine · #47, 52y
Damian · #46, 62y

Colette was ranked #47 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1964. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Colette and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Colette without appearing here.

Colette moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2187 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1218 and #5591.
Tyler Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3160 and #3160 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #1865 and #5730.
Brittany Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2721 and #2487 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1389 and #4688.
Jordan Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2535 and #1837 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1389 and #4012.

Moved ahead of Colette

Rita Compare
In 2010 they stood at #1389 and #1653 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #2636 and #1067.
Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2887 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #3160 and #1628.
Ida Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1325 and #1435 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #2085 and #987.
Mari Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1032 and #1104 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #1552 and #742.

Moved the opposite way to Colette

Alexandra Compare
Between 1964 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Colette went from #47 to #896 while Alexandra went from #222 to #113.
Alice Compare
Between 1964 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Colette went from #47 to #896 while Alice went from #57 to #33.
Anna Compare
Between 1964 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Colette went from #47 to #896 while Anna went from #34 to #12.
Charlotte Compare
Between 1964 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Colette went from #47 to #896 while Charlotte went from #171 to #39.

Moved the same way as Colette

Alma Compare
Between 1964 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Colette went from #47 to #896 and Alma from #327 to #512.
Audrey Compare
Between 1964 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Colette went from #47 to #896 and Audrey from #85 to #568.
Eileen Compare
Between 1964 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Colette went from #47 to #896 and Eileen from #17 to #336.
Maeve Compare
Between 1964 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Colette went from #47 to #896 and Maeve from #80 to #114.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #47 in Republic of Ireland in 1964. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Colette

Colette at a glance

What stands out in Colette's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Colette across 2 official records

Colette by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Colette appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Colette at a glance

What stands out in Colette's record

Colette across 2 official records

Colette by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Colette appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Colette

Colette and the names beside it

Colette moved ahead of

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